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The remaining county-owned facilities were determined to be public oriented and were evaluated for accessibility by the Buildings and Grounds Division using the recently published Americans With Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines and the Florida Accessibility Requirements Manual whichever was more stringent. The Buildings and Grounds Division concentrated on the areas within the travel route to the county facility or program taking a pro-active position on low cost and readily achievable structural changes. The accessibility of the employee areas of the public oriented facilities will continue to be monitored and addressed on a case by case basis when an employee requests a reasonable accommodation to a disability. The following pages consist of those county-owned facilities that were evaluated for accessibility, a list of items by facility that do not comply with the Americans With Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines or the Florida Accessibility Requirements Manual, a brief description of how those items can be corrected, the estimated cost of compliance, and an estimated date of completion. The priority of each non-compliance item is reflected in the date of completion column and each item will be completed expeditiously as possible during the specified fiscal year. In summary, FY 1993 has-an estimated compliance cost of $32,030, FY 1994 has an estimated compliance cost of $19,755, and FY 1995 has an estimated compliance cost of $13,830. It should be noted that this transition plan will always be changing to reflect items brought into compliance and subsequently dropped from the plan as well as new non-compliance items brought to the county's attention and subsequently added to the plan. In addition to the structural items identified in the transition plan and their estimated costs, non-structural items not required by the transition plan but required by other applicable 28 CFR, Part 35 Sections may have to be purchased by the county, thereby increasing the previously stated compliance costs. Those non-structural items may include tele-communications devices for the deaf (TDDs), public notices, Braille printers, and specialized services such as sign language interpreters. Of course, all of the structural and non-structural items stated above will be properly maintained and continuously monitored to ensure accessibility for the disabled. As required by this federal law, the transition plan must include comments from disabled individuals and organizations and other interested citizens. To receive comments, the County conducted two public workshops. The first public workshop was conducted on Thursday, July 30, 1992 and the second workshop was conducted on Friday, August 28, 1992. After receiving and taking into consideration the public's input, the transition plan was finalized and brought to the Board for formal approval on Tuesday, September 15, 1992. The County Administrator's Office conducted the first public workshop on July 30, 1992 to receive public comments concerning the County's proposed transition plan. Approximately 16 people attended this hour long workshop. Below is a brief synopsis of what has transpired between the July 30, 1992 public workshop and the August 28, 1992 workshop. 1) County staff determined that ADA required signage and their corresponding costs should be a part of the proposed transition plan. Therefore, the plan reflects those costs and the county will prepare a comprehensive master signage plan that meets ADA requirements for all county facilities.